Lock Screen

Since I prefer to have my hands on the keyboard more then a mouse, I needed a quick and easy way to lock my Mac before I stepped away. I've used a screen Hot Corners in the past to enable my screensaver, which in turn locked my Mac. However, there were times I or others accidentally navigated to the Hot Corner and locked my Mac. So, now with Lock Screen I don't have to worry about a Hot Corner potentially inadvertently locking my screen. Now I can simply enter Lock in Finder and quickly step away for a fresh cup of tea.

Getting Lock Screen

Release 1.0

Installing Lock Screen

After downloading Lock Screen, follow the steps below to install the app.

Open Finder
Navigate to your Home folder ... In Finder select Go and then Home from the Menu Bar
Create a new folder called Applications if it doesn't exist
Locate the Lock Screen zip file you downloaded and unzip the file
Move the Lock app to your Applications folder in your Home folder

How to use Lock Screen

Before using Lock Screen you must enable your Mac to require a password when it wakes up.

Open System Preferences
Select Security & Privacy
Under General, check the box for "Require password" and leave immediately select in the drop down
Enter your password if prompted

From Finder

Press Command + Spacebar
Type: lock

From the Terminal

open -a lock